Town Hall

October 28, 2014

Introduction

Presentation:

International Tuition and Allocation Plan
Housing Growth and Allocation Plan


Questions

Why are we proposing to increase international tuition?
Invest to provide an excellent university experience and a valuable
credential to our students

Address pressures and priorities in faculties, central programs and
services

Supports for international students




What is being proposed
New international undergraduate students starting in
September 2015: increase tuition by 10% for 2015 and 3% for
subsequent years of their degree.

Current international undergraduate students tuition will
continue to increase at 2% per annum

Consultation and Approval Process
Tuition consultations:
Meetings with student leadership
2-3 town halls
Web consultation and invite to all international students

Verbatim submissions and summary report provided to Board to inform
their decision on the proposed increase.

International Student Financial Support
Advisory group


Faculties
58%
Central
33%
Student Financial
Support
7.5%
Bad Debt/Credit
Charges
1.7%
UBC International Undergraduate Tuition
Proposed Allocations

Estimated Total Increase:

$3.75m in 2015/16
$15.5m in 2018/19

(incremental over 3%/2% increase)

Projected allocation
based on international student enrolment and tuition

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BA-O
1%
BMGT
3%
BSC-O
2%
BCSO
4%
BHKIN
0.3%
BASC
13%
BA
34%
BIE
2%
BCOM
19%
BKIN
1%
BSCN
1%
BSCW
1%
BSF
1%
BSFS
0.3%
BSAB
1%
BSFN
2%
BSGR
0.3%
BSC
14%
Estimated increase:

2015/16: $2.2m
2018/19: $8.9m

(incremental over 3%/2% increase)

Faculty investments
While each faculty has their own priority areas and sets their
budget accordingly, the types of investments the funding will
support include:

Attracting and retaining world-class faculty

Learning and research infrastructure, such as classroom
and laboratory enhancements

Research funding

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Proposed Allocation of Central Increase
Estimated increase:

2015/16: $1.25m;
2018/19: $5.1m

(incremental over 3%/2% increase)



Financial support for international
undergraduate students
Derived from an allocation of
assessed international
undergraduate tuition
(7.47%)
With nearly $10M largest
pool of dedicated funds for
international undergraduates
in Canada
In 2013, more than 1680
(30% of all international
undergraduates) received
some form of financial
support, either on entrance or
in-program
Advisory group to inform next
steps on financial support for
international students

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Continuing:
Emergency
Bursary
1%
Other (Athletics,
Music, etc.)
1%
Continuing: Go
Global
1%
Continuing:
work learn
(jobs &
research)
6%
Continuing: merit
10%
Entrance: multi-
year merit
13%
Entrance: merit
27%
Entrance: multi-
year merit & need
41%

Housing Growth and Allocation Plan
Rationale

Context

Proposed Allocation

Student input
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Why are we increasing
8-month residence fees at UBCV?
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Support the building of more student housing
Waitlist 5200 (August 2014)

Growing campus community needs increased
supports

Enhance financial aid programs


Housing Context
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0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
2004 2009 2014 2016 (in progress) 2020 (Proposed)
Beds on UBCV Campus

Growth, 2.4
Student
Supports and
Services, 2.5
Financial Aid, 1.4
Housing Proposed Allocation Plan
($m)

How are students being consulted
Consultation on allocation of housing increase

Meetings with student leadership
Comments on website
http://students.ubc.ca/enrolment/finances/tuition/undergraduate-tuition-
fees/facts-about-housing-fee-increase

Financial aid consultation

Meetings with student leadership, who will help to define
broader consultation process
Website input:
http://students.ubc.ca/enrolment/finances/tuition/undergraduate-tuition-
fees/financial-support-access-domestic-students

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